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TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Figure-skating, basketball, baseball and more
Figure Skating: US network NBC acquired the rights for US figure skating in a three-year deal with the US Figure Skating Association, covering the national championships and the international Skate America…
ESS revenue hit as cable exploits rights victories
Pan-Asian broadcaster in tough talks over continued distribution of its channels in Thailand, following loss of English Premier League football rights to UBC
Lagardère races to market again to buy smaller agencies
IMG, recenlty on the acquisition trail itself, could be a future target for French media group
IOC rejects Chinese pressure to stop Beijing rights tender
Efforts to achieve market price for rights opposed by Chinese government, national Olympic committee and state broadcaster
New channels drive golf fees in Europe and Asia.
Pay-television newcomers Setanta in the UK and Arena in Germany are bidding strongly for US golf rights against the established pay-operators in their countries.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Athletics, rugby league, netball and more
Athletics: The Dentsu agency, acting on behalf of the International Association of Athletics Federations, brokered three-year deals with broadcasters in China, Korea and New Zealand covering the 2007 and…
CCTV pays well for women’s cup
Rights fee trebles, still falls short of asking price
IOC and Fifa set China testing time over rights fees
Anxious wait to see whether state broadcaster CCTV will finally pay market rates
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Euro and Serie A football, rugby union
Football: Free-to-air broadcasters HRT (Croatia), RUV (Iceland) and TV3 (Slovenia), acquired exclusive live rights to all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in deals with the Sportfive agency, which is marketing…
Now Serie A enjoys the Hong Kong rights boom
Competition between PCCW and i-Cable results in near-tripling of rights fees
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: Ice Hockey and others
Ice hockey: Finnish ice-hockey’s domestic SM-liiga signed a three-year joint-deal with pay-television operator Canal Plus Nordic and free-to-air commercial broadcaster Nelonen worth about €3.7m (£2.5m) a
IOC eyes high rising Hong Kong
The IOC will also start separate talks this spring in Hong Kong, a rights territory which, like China, has been treated as part of the ABU deal until now
Time for China to start punching its weight, says IOC
Separate deal to be agreed with China for the first time for the 2010 and 2012 Olympics
IOC moves to break up regional rights deals
Top markets may be carved out from European television-rights deal for 2014 and 2016 Olympics
New tennis deals make Asia key revenue source
The International Tennis Federation has signed several television rights deals in Asia for Davis and Fed Cup tennis.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: US golf, sailing and more
Golf: US network NBC signed a six-year extension to its deal with the US Golf Association which gives it the live rights for the US Open, one of golf’s four Majors.
IOC to take Beijing ad income unless China pays higher rate
China will for the first time be pushed to pay proper money for the Olympic Games of 2010 and 2012 by IOC option.
China is make-or-break for high-paying Fifa agencies
The joint venture of Dentsu and Infront will be banking heavily on getting good revenue from China.